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Speaking of the Royal Wedding: Non-Verbal Communication Reigns

I wonder what Albert Mehrabian would have thought of the Royal Wedding. Or more importantly, the news reports of the non-verbal behavior sightings at the Royal Wedding. Mehrabian was the researcher that studied how much non-verbals impact our communication. Many people have mused and debated his findings that 93% of our communication is non-verbal. I’ve been […]

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Storytelling as a Competency for Leadership: Lessons from The Greatest Showman

Coaching and Training Reflections, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips, Ruth Milligan / Ruth Milligan

In the The Greatest Showman , P.T. Barnum uses a well placed story to recruit his first circus actor. The scene starts with a knock on the front door. The actor’s mother answers. P.T. says, “I’m looking for your son.” The mom replies, “I don’t have a son.” He responds, with paper in hand, “I see

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Want a better presentation? Begin with the blueprint.

Public Speaking and Presentation Tips, Ruth Milligan / Ruth Milligan

We kicked off the DiscoveryX program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital last week. Now in its third year, this Transforming Talks, a white-label TED-style talk event, was brought to the hospital by Lara McKenzie, PhD. Lara is a Principal Investigator in the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

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Trash the Podium

Public Speaking and Presentation Tips, Ruth Milligan / Ruth Milligan

This may be the shortest blog I ever write. With good reason. The message is simple: Trash the podium. Literally. Throw it away. Don’t ask your production company to bring one. Don’t ask for a new one to be built. Don’t dare let the hotel put one on stage for your event. Trash it. My

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Speaking? It’s Normal to Be Nervous.

Acacia Duncan, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips / Ruth Milligan

As I am writing this blog today, I am preparing to open a one-person show. I am sitting in my living room and my stomach is churning, my breathing is shallower than usual, and I can feel my heart pounding. I am “nervous.” I have coached many executives as they prepare to speak publicly and

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For a Powerful Talk Make Sure You Have a Roadmap

Public Speaking and Presentation Tips, Ruth Milligan / Ruth Milligan

If I asked you to hop into my car and I started driving, how long would it take until you were supremely uncomfortable with not knowing where we were headed? Are we headed around the corner? Driving to New York? Some people like an adventure. Me? I probably wouldn’t even get in the car to

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To be a Winner in Public Speaking, Banish Comparison

Acacia Duncan, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips / Ruth Milligan

This article on praise from TED was passed around the Articulation office/treehouse. It was an important reminder for any coach, manager, or even parent, that comparison, even positive comparison, can have negative (unintended) consequences to confidence. It was with this article at the top of my mind that I watched this year’s Women’s Skating finals

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A Coach’s Look into the Speaker’s Mind

Coaching and Training Reflections, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips, Ruth Milligan / Ruth Milligan

When we coach cohorts (three to 10 speakers at a time for a specific event), we get a front row seat to the diverse emotions people experience in preparing a talk. I like to coach my clients (those that hire us to work with the speakers) that getting a speaker’s idea, content and story

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How to Power Up Your Pauses to Move a Crowd

Acacia Duncan, Coaching and Training Reflections, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips / Ruth Milligan

The sound of silence – I’m not comfortable with it. Frankly, I’m still struggling to find my “inside voice.” Silence, however, is a critical skill for public speaking. Understanding the importance of silence–what I call “oral punctuation”– is a necessary component of effectively sharing ideas. “But, if I pause, the audience may think I don’t

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Enough IS Enough

Coaching and Training Reflections, Public Speaking and Presentation Tips, Ruth Milligan, TED-Style Talks Commentary / Ruth Milligan

As we approach rehearsal day for a TED-style event, without fail the client asks, “Are you worried about any of the speakers?” We’ve coached hundreds of people to give talks like TED, and only one type of speaker worries me. It might surprise you to hear that it has nothing to do with complicated content, or

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Public Speaking and Presentation Tips

Speaking of the Royal Wedding: Non-Verbal Communication Reigns

Storytelling as a Competency for Leadership: Lessons from The Greatest Showman

Want a better presentation? Begin with the blueprint.

Trash the Podium

Speaking? It’s Normal to Be Nervous.

For a Powerful Talk Make Sure You Have a Roadmap

To be a Winner in Public Speaking, Banish Comparison

A Coach’s Look into the Speaker’s Mind

How to Power Up Your Pauses to Move a Crowd

Enough IS Enough

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